Curtain-pole.



No. 801,005. PATENTED OCT. 3, 1905 P. HAMILL.

CURTAIN POLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAB. 30, 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CURTAIN-POLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 3, 1905.

Application filed March 20, 1905. Serial No. 250,963.

To a. whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK HAMILL, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Darragh, in the county of Westmoreland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Poles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to curtain-poles, and has for its object the provision of a curtain-pole which may be readily placed in position over a door or window and to which curtains may be attached without the use of hooks, pins, or other devices to penetrate the curtains.

My invention has for its further object the provision of novel means for detachably securing the curtain-pole to the frame of a door or window.

In carrying my invention into effect I provide a pole of the usual size and shape, and to this pole I attach by means of spring-bands longitudinally-disposed spring-plates, which are spaced apart and which are adapted to have the upper end of a curtain folded around and between them, so that the curtain will be securely maintained in position and so that when desired it may be readily detached from the pole. In connection with my improved pole I employ novel brackets, by means of which the pole may be mounted on a window-- frame ordoor-frame or other similar position where it is desired to suspend a curtain.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my improvement, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the pole with a curtain in position thereon. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the brackets by means of which the pole are shaped to conform to the circular perimeter of the pole and are pierced on their ends, as shown at 8 8, to receive the ends of the spiral springs 9, which springs closely embrace the pole, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, and

serve to maintain the plates 7 7 in position. The longitudinally-disposed plates 3 4 are preferably somewhat thin and have a certain amount of springiness, and the curtain (designated 10) is arranged relatively to these plates 3 4 and to the pole, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawingsthat is, the curtain is passed between the plate 4, and the pole and the upper end of the same is then folded down over the plate 3 and then passed between the plate 4 and the pole to the position shown. This manner of attaching the curtain serves every required purpose, and the curtain will be retained in position with suflicient firmness to prevent its being accidentally displaced. It will beobserved that the plates 3 4 contact with the curtain throughout the entire width of the same, and hence there is practically no danger of the curtain being torn under any ordinary strain to which it may be subjected, my device being in this particular far superior to the ordinary rings, pins, or hooks, which penetrate the curtains at intervals and which if a slight pull is given to the curtain will tear through the fabric of the same, it being borne in mind that curtains are ordinarily of lace or other delicate material.

The brackets which I employ to attach the curtain to the Window-frame are composed of two sections 11 12, preferably made of thin metal, the section 11 being formed with a curved outer end 13, in which the pole rests,and with a downwardly-bent inner end 14, which may have its lower edge somewhat sharpened, its downwardly-bent end engaging the upper surface of a window or door frame. The other section 12 of the bracket is of angular form and is provided with an ear 15, that is pierced at 16 to receive the shaft of a curtain-roller, and the section 12 is prolonged beyond the ear 15, as shown at 17, this prolonged end extending under the lower surface of the upper cross-bar of the Window or door frame. The sections 11 12 of the bracket aresecured together in any desired manner at the point 18 and have a certain amount of spring which would tend to cause the inner ends 14 and 17 to clasp the window or door frame; but in order to render the attachment of the bracket firm and certain I have provided the bracket with the spiral spring 19, which is attached at its opposite ends to the sections 11 12 and which tends to draw the inner ends of the same towardone another. The bracket shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings is substantially identical with that shown in Fig. 3, the only difference being that the bracket shown in Fig. 4 is provided with a slot 20 in place of the hole 16 of the bracket shown in Fig. 3, this slot being intended to receive the squared end of the shaft of a spring curtain-roller. The brackets shown in Figs. 3 and a are, it will be observed, independent one from the other, and each is so constructed that it may be readily attached and detached from the window-frame, and the brackets can therefore be placed any desired distance apart to accommodate shade-rollers and curtain-poles of various lengths.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a curtain-pole, of parallel longitudinally-disposed bars, curved plates to which said parallel bars are secured at their ends, spiral springs secured to said curved plates and surrounding the pole.

2. The combination With a curtain-pole, of curved plates adapted to lie against the pole near the ends thereof, a plurality of curtainsupporting bars extending longitudinally of the pole and having their ends attached to the curved plates, and yielding means attached to the ends of the curved plates and surrounding the pole for securing said plates to the pole, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

PATRICK HAMILL.

\Vitnesses:

STEWART LANG, RoB'r. B. POSGATE. 

